Cigar stamping and cutting device.



N0. 642,5l8. Patented Jan. 30, I900. H. J. CUHN.

C IGARSTAMPING AND CUTTING DEVICE.

-'App1ication filed Dec. 30, 1897. Rehewed Aug. 31, 1899.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFrcE.

HENRY J. COHN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CIGAR STAMPING AND CUTTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,518, dated January 30, 1900.

Application filed December 30, 1897. Renewed August 31, 1899. Serial No. 729,126. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. COHN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar Stamping and Cutting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cigar stamping and cutting devices. Its objects and construction will be readily understood from the accompanying drawings, in which' Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device constructed according to my invention, showing same in its open position. Fig. 2 is an end or side view of same. Fig. 3 is a top plan of the device when closed, showing same in operation upon the cigar 14. Fig. 4 is a side or end view when closed.

The device consists of a frame 4, having a bed 10 therein to receive a cigar, said bed having therein the stamp 10, which is intended to make an impression in the side of the cigar. A cutter 2 is pivoted to the frame 7 at 3 and 3 and is secured at 2 to the part 1.

The part 1 has a groove, with a bed 1". on its under side, designed to engage and compress the cigar upon the stamp 10'. The part 1 has an arm 1 pivoted to the frame at 3. A sliding member 5 is secured to the frame by the set-screw 6. guide to fix the position of the cigar longitudinally in the bed 10. A spring 9 is secured to the frame and to the cutter, so as to normally raise the cutter. A spring-catch 7 is vertically adjustable on the frame by the set-screw 8. This is intended to'catch the upper outer edge of the member 1 and hold same down upon the cigar and is adjusted according to the thickness of the cigar. The catch 7 is pressed outwardly by the operator to release the member 1. Under the stamp 10 is a chamber 11, into which gas, gasolene,

or other combustible fluid is forced through the pipe 12 and ignited in said chamber for heating the stamp.

The operation of the device is as follows: The guide 5 is adjusted to the proper position for the desired length of the cigars to be cut and stamped. The latch 7 is adjusted so as to catch the part 1 and hold the bed 1 the proper distance from the bed 10 to properly This member serves as a receive and compress the cigar upon the stamp. The gas is then ignited in the'chamber 11. The cigar is placed in the bed 10, as indicated in Fig. 3. The operator pulls down the member 1 to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and while thus compressing same upon the stamp also cuts oif the end of the cigar with the cutter 2.

The office of the different parts will be understood from the foregoing description, and it is plain that the details of construction of the device may be altered without departing from the spirit of my invention. I therefore do not confine myself to the details of the construction shown.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A cigar-stamping device comprising a pair of relatively-movable members adapted to approach and recede from each other, one

of same being adapted to receive a cigar so as to present its side toward the other memher; a stamp on one of said members adapted to have contact with the cigar; and an adjustable catch for engaging said members at the desired pressure upon the cigar; substantially as described.

2. A cigar-stamping device comprising a pair of relatively-movable members adapted to approach and recede from each other, one of same being adapted to receive a cigar so as to present its side toward the other memher; a stamp on one side of said members adapted to have contact with the cigar; and an adjustable guide for fixing the position of the cigar longitudinally; and an adjustable catch for engaging said members at the desired pressure upon the cigar; substantially as described.

' 3. A cigar-stampingdevice comprising a pair of relatively-movable members adapted to approach and recede from each other, one of same being adapted to receive a cigar so as to present its side toward the other member; a stamp on one of said members adapted to have contact with the cigar; a spring normally urging said members apart; and an adj ustable catch for engaging said members at the desired pressure upon the cigar substantially as described.

4. A cigar-stamping device, comprising a cigar; a stamp in said bed; a movable member attached to said frame, for compressing 'a cigar upon said stamp; an adjustable guide for fixing the position of the cigar, longitudinally in said bed; and a vertically-adjustable catch for holding said member at the desired pressure upon the cigar; substantially as described.

6. Acigarstampingandcuttingdevicecomprising apair of relatively-movable members adapted to approach and recede from each other, one of same being adapted to receive a cigar so as to present its side toward the other member; a cutter secured to said other member; a stamp on one of said members, adapted to have contact with the cigar; and an adjustable catch for engaging said members at the desired pressureupon the cigar; substantially as described.

7. A cigar-stamping device, comprising a frame having a bed therein for receiving a cigar; a stamp in said bed; a movable member attached to said frame, for compressing a cigar upon said stamp; a spring normally holding said member free from the cigar; and a vertically-adjustable catch for engaging said member at the desired pressure upon the cigar; substantially as described.

8. A cigar-stamping device, comprising a frame having a bed therein for receiving a cigar; a stamp in said bed; a movable member attached to said frame for compressing a cigar upon said stamp a cutter secured to said member for cutting the end of the cigar;

a spring normally holding said member and cutter free from the cigar; and a verticallyadjustable catch for engaging said member at the desired pressure upon the cigar; substantially as described.

HENRY J. COI-IN. Witnesses:

ALFRED MELTZER, im-R. RUMMLER. 

